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\"Donglei<\/a>A research team led by Donglei \u201cEmma\u201d Fan, PhD \u201907, has created a nanomotor that\u2019s tiny enough to fit inside a human cell\u2014and powerful enough to run for 15 continuous hours at the speed of a jet airplane motor (18,000 rpms).<\/p>\n

Because the nanomotor can rapidly mix and pump biochemicals and move through liquids, it\u2019s an important step toward developing miniature machines that could one day move through the body to administer insulin for diabetics when needed, or target and treat cancer cells without harming good cells.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were able to establish and control the molecule release rate by mechanical rotation, which means our nanomotor is the first of its kind for controlling the release of drugs from the surface of nanoparticles,\u201d says Fan, now an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin\u2019s Cockrell School of Engineering, where she led the research. \u201cWe believe it will help advance the study of drug delivery and cell-to-cell communications.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s study was published in the April 2014 issue of Nature Communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A research team led by Donglei \u201cEmma\u201d Fan, PhD \u201907, has created a nanomotor that\u2019s tiny enough to fit inside a human cell\u2014and powerful enough to run for 15 continuous hours at the speed of a jet airplane motor (18,000 rpms). 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